Paralympic hero hits out at support cuts
WELSH Paralympian Dame Tanni Grey Thomson has given the new benefits system a frosty welcome.
Universal credits is set to replace the present benefits regime next year but a new report has suggested half a million disabled children will be negatively affected by the reform.
The report, Holes in the safety net: The impact of the universal credits on disabled people and their families, revealed that up to 116,000 disabled people who work could be at risk of losing £40 a week.
Tanni Grey Thomson said: "Reducing support for families with disabled children, disabled people who are living alone, families with young carers and disabled people in work, risk driving many over the edge."
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A spokeswoman for the Department for Work and Pensions said: "The truth is we inherited a system of disability support which is a tangled mess of elements, premiums and add-ons.
"Our reforms will create a simpler and fairer system."
Comments
by seasolder
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 7:53PM
“It certainly appears that we in this country have have a series of governments. who just do not know how to goven--- Thatcher closed many places, without providing proper alternatives of employment--- Blair took our country to a illegal war in Iraq then got us involved in a disastrous war in Afghanistan which has cost us nearly 350 young service personnel lives, with over 4000 more made disabled--- what has Blair, become. A multi millionaire.
Now we have a government who attacts the most vunernable into todays society "The Disabled". Bring back Harold Wilson who at least refused to put our country into Vietnam.”
by KP287
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 6:52PM
“All hear from the arrogant posh boys in government is we are all in this together and those with the broadest shoulders shoulder pay the most. All I see is the poor and disadvataged really paying the cost.
Is anyone really surprised by this?? I have not heard one initiative or policy to make the wealthy pay!!!”
by Neathboy234
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 9:14AM
“I see these cuts to disabled people are not not going to effect men and women injured whilst serving in the army. I have no problem with this, but if it's wrong to cut payments to thous in the army shouldn't it apply to all. At the end of the day how many more lost votes will this be for the Tory party. Perhaps the Tories should rename themselves the "Death wish party". Never in the history of British politics has one party attempted to make itself so unelectable”
by Jiffy
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 8:43AM
“In years to come the British Paralympic team will follow the able bodied team in having fewer working class athletes involved.
We will soon be like India, with cripples begging on every corner desperate to survive, having been thrown on the streets by our anti-pleb government.”